Annual Report 1999 - Parkway Pantai

The Parkway LaboratoryServicesThe services provided by PLS are:• Clinical Laboratory Services(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)ChemistryHaematologyImmunohaematologyMicrobiologyImmunology and Serology• PathologyThe Pathology Department is divided into the HistopathologySection and Cytology Section.The services include:(a)routine diagnostic Histopathology for all surgicaland biopsy specimens(b)(c)providing frozen tissue sections for intra-operative diagnosisdiagnostic cytology, which covers all standardapplications, including cervical PAP smears,fluids and aspirates, and Fine Needle AspirationCytology (FNAC)(d)(e)post-mortem examinationsscreening for Down’s Syndrome• GeneticsThis is divided into the Cytogenetics and MolecularGenetics Sections.(a)Prenatal diagnosis: Amniotic fluid, chorionic villi, foetalcord blood(b)Prenatal aneuploidy screening: Molecular fluorescentinterphase analysis(c)Other analysis